Handle for pails



Feb. 28, 1928. 1,660,841

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HANDLE FOR FAILS Filed Avril 2a. 1925 handle;

' Fig. 3 is a section onthe hne 3, 3 of Fig. 1;

Patented Feb. 28, 1928.

. A WW? WILLIAM w. noneson AND- JOSEPHU. ENGELMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINoIs, Ass enonsf TO CONTINENTAL CAN NEW YORK.

Y .,App1icati0n filed April as, 1926. serial No. 105,300.

- a combined curvedhwire bail handle-and j sheet metal guard which, is attached to the bail so as vto be rigidly. secured thereto by a bending of the metal forming the guard,

and wherein said guard. is curved so as to conform to the curvature of the wire bail and makecontact .therewith from one end of the guard to the other end thereof,- said guard being formed from a sheet metal blank substantially lenticular in shape.

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a handle for pails of the above type wherein the guard extends from apoint substantially adjacent one side of the pail to a point substantially adjacent the other slde of the pail, thereby engaging the bail throughout an extended are so that said guard is held by the curvature of the bail from rotating on the bail.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a viewpartly in side elevation and partly broken away, showing the pail with the improved bail attached thereto;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view through the guard showing one-half of the Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4, 4 of Fig. 1, and r Fig. 5 is a. view on an enlarged scale .in perspective showing a portion of the end of the guard andthe bail.

The invention is directed broadly to a handle for pails or metal containers which is made from Wire and sheet metal.

, wire is formed into the usual curved wire bail and attached to the pail so as to pivot thereon. The sheet metal is formed into a hand guard and rigidly attached to the bail. This sheet metal hand guard is formed froma blank which is substantially lenticular in shape.

to conform to the curvature of the bail. It

is also curved transversely to form a substan.-'

therewith from end to end thereof. This ooMranY, INC.,

It is curved from end to end or NEW YORK, N. Y.,' a eonrona'rron or HANDLE r03 RAILS.

guard extends from a point substantially adjacent one side offth bailto a point substantially adjacent the other sideof the bail, and therefore, the guard extends throughout 1 a relatively large are which prevents the guard from rotating onthe bail. .The end portions of the guard are :bent so as to form I substantially cylindrical portions which snugly grip the bail which prevents the guard from slipping endwise on the bail. vReferring more in detail to the drawings, the improved handleis shown applied to a sheet metal container 1 having ears 2, 2. The handle consists of a wire bail 3 and a sheet'metal guard 4. -The wire bail 3 is curved and "the ends thereof are bentso as to engage the ears 2, 2. This bail is of the usual construction. The guard 4 is formed from a sheet metal blank which is substantially lenticular in shape, that is, the side edges of the blank'are similarly curved andare convexed, forming a blank which tapers from the center portion thereof toward its ends. I This blank is curved so as to conform to the hail from end to end thereof. The

blank is also curved so that throughout the greater portion of its length it is U-shaped in cross section. The guardthus formed is,

applied to the bail and the bail placed in.

contact withthe bottom portion 5 of said guard. The end portions of the guard for as to substantially encircle the v bail. .The

outer edges of the guard at said end por-j tions are indicated at 6, 6 (see Figs. 4 and 5), and it is noted that they are slightly spaced from each other, which enables the end portions to be bent so as to griptightly on to the bail. The under face of the guard conformsftothe curvature of the bail.v The upper edgesof the guard are; curved, andthe other sideof the pail, so that the guard engages the bail throughout an are extending a distance back fromeach endare bent' so from the point 7 to the point 8. This long range engagement of the guard with the bail prevents the guard from rotating on the bail. The cylindrical end portions of vthe guard sliding endwise on the bail. As clearly shown in Fig. 3, th'e underneath portion of gripping the bail prevent theguard from g the guard is curved, and forms ,a Very efiicient carrying gripfor thepail; one; in which there arenosharp edges of the'inetal coming in contact with the hand, and extent 1 of. grip. of the hand is very much. larger than. would be the case ifLther'e, were no f guard.

By this"construction,fa guard is' formed for the bail which canbe made Very cheaply and attached to the bail and become a rigid part thereof thus forming an efiic'ient handle for the pail whereby the same may be carried eve rwhen very heavy materials are plaic ed in the paila Having thus described the invention, what Weolalm as new and desire t'o-=v secure by Letters-Patent; is r A handle for pails comprising a curved wire bail and'a sheet metal hand gu'a rd'havmg l-tslong tudlnal center portion 1n" con- .tact with and locatedwithimthe" curve of said bai lg-said guardbeing formed from a 'symmetriea-l 'lenti'cu lar-shaped' blankand curved transversely away from the 'p'ai'l 'to guard .and' tlle bail are rigidly and peris prev'ent'ed from bending, and whereby the a substantially U-shaped cross-section of v height and width gradually tapering from the middle towards each end, the end portions of the guard being bent to substantially encircle and grip the bail. whereby the Inanently secured" together so? that they stifieinfand support each otlier, said guard being also curved longitudinally to conform to the bail andeextending from a point adjacent the one side of the pail to a pointadjacent the other side thereof, Whereby: the bail en agenlent between the bail-1 and the guard througha long are will prevent a rotation of 1 the; guard about the bail; and 'inconjunction with the tapered shape of'the-guwrdi Will 

